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a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.This warfare was used a lot during WW1.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated June 2
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At the start of the First World War Germany hoped to avoid fighting on two fronts by knocking out France before turning to Russia Frances ally The initial German offensive had some early success, but there were not enough reinforcements immediately available to sustain momentum. The French and British launched a counter-offensive at the Marne in September 1914 and after several days of bitter fighting the Germans retreated.
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Albert was a 19-year-old student when he enlisted in the 36th Division of the 142nd Infantry Albert Carpenter served in the Meuse Argonne Offensive in France during the final days of the war
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multiple countries were grasping the power and technology of submarines.Germany was mainly using submarines to sink French and British ships. One day the germans sank an american cruiser called the lusitania in 1915. The americans got mad and went into war with germany.
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Chlorine gas, used on the infamous day of April 22, 1915, produces a greenish-yellow cloud that smells of bleach and immediately irritates the eyes, nose, lungs, and throat of those exposed to it. At high enough doses it kills by asphyxiation.
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The Gallipoli campaign was the land-based element of a strategy intended to allow Allied ships to pass through the Dardanelles, capture Constantinople and ultimately knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war. But Allied plans were based on the mistaken belief that the Ottomans could be easily overcome.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of the First World War It was also one of the costliest It began in February 1916 with a German attack on the fortified French town of Verdun where bitter fighting would continue for most of the year.
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The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War. It was the only time that the British and German fleets of 'dreadnought' battleships actually came to blows.
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Albert was in France during the final offensive conducted by the allies on the western front The British broke the German line at A miens on August 8th Airplanes and balloons were used in combat in this war.
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the zimmerman note was a telegram sent from germany to mexico in 1917. the telegram says how germany wanted mexico's help in the war against america.Luckily america intercepted it.
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As a soldier in the trenches along the Hindenburg Line he experienced the gassings, mud, and bloodshed for which the war is infamous.
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Albert woke up late one morning and made a cup of coffee and watched war activities and cannon roaring at the front and he seen 2000 wounded French soldiers go through ambulances.
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The Battle of Megiddo marked the beginning of the final British-led offensive in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. It successfully combined cavalry, infantry, artillery, armoured vehicles and aircraft to achieve decisive victory over the Ottoman Turks and their German allies. It was the start of a series of important Allied victories that ultimately led to the collapse of Ottoman Turkish forces and their eventual withdrawal from the war.
